Rail and air tycoon Richard Branson tops an AA/Populus poll for the next transport minister, following the election. After the ‘revolving door’ that has seen 12 transport Secretaries of State in the past 20 years, AA members are looking for someone who will stick at the job and unravel the mess that is the UK’s transport system. (Source: Fleet News)

The timing of Royal Bank of Scotland's decision to kick Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Money out of the auction of 300-plus bank branches is intriguing.

Earlier today, RBS's advisers at the investment bank UBS informed Virgin Money that its offer was no longer being considered. According to people familiar with the process, RBS had decided that the branches sale was sufficiently complex already without offloading the business to a buyer without much in the way of phyical bank infrastructure. (Source: Sky News)

A slightly more affordable option for the not-so-super-rich is a suborbital space flight. Several companies, including Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, want to send large numbers of tourists to an altitude of 100-160 kilometers. (Source: The Future of Things)